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I recently purchased a 5.5 gal upgrade for my betta who was in a 1.5 gal. I used water, substrate and the filter from the old tank and let it sit for a day, amm .25 and no nitrite an 10 nitrate do I moved my little fish. He died 2 days later. Now over a week later, all water conditions fine...

I have a cycled 20 gal with 7 zebra danios and a dwarf gourami. Eventually I will add 5 Pygmy virus, but I am looking for one more fish about the same size A's the DG but I hesitate to add another male DG after my research. Any suggestions?

I did a fishless cycle on a 20g tall, waited patiently until my readings were consistently at amm 0, NO2 0, NO3 5 for over one week. Since I cycled at ammonia around 4 I knew I could add more than a few fish at a time. I added 6 zebra danios and sadly two died the first night and another the...

I have waited patiently while my tank cycled fishless, the time has finally arrived for me to start thinking about stocking it. I am thinking about a school of zebra danio or glofish (same thing), perhaps some skunk cory...but here is the kicker. I was thinking about moving my betta from the...

I had to euthanize my first fish tonight, it was a lot harder than I thought. But the columnaris spread fast, and when I found her nose down and tail up not moving I knew it was time. I feel absoutely terrible as that little girl guppy had been with me since I started my bad learning curve of...

It looks like I have an outbreak of Columnaris in my guppy tank. So far only one guppy is affected. There are pictures on the thread "White...but not fuzzy. I need to know how/what to do? Do I pull out the infected fish? What about the remaining guppies, neon tetra, and ghost shimp?!

I am just finished up the cycling on my first planted tank, it is a 20gallon tall. Should I be adding fertilizer yet? I don't have any fish in the tank; but getting close. Would appreciate any suggestions on this!

I just noticed this white stripe down one side of one of my guppies. Sorry it isn't the best picture. My water is amm 0, NO2 0, NO3 5. It doesn't appear to be fuzzy, it starts at the top fin and is all the way down the side of the fish. Has anyone ever seen this or should I just watch it for a...

I am doing a fishless cycle in a 20g tall, current readings are amm 0, Nitrite 2.0 (ish hard to tell purples), and Nitrate 10. I am adding ~4 drops of ammonia every night and I am still testing at zero. My Nitrites do not seem to be budging, is my cycle stuck? Am I not adding ammonia often...

Currently I havea 10 gal with 2 guppies and 5 ghost shrimp. Amm 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 10, pH 7.6. On Wednesday I added 2 more guppies to the tank (there was a bonus fry in the bag!). On Friday one of the new guppies was dead, I lost the second one this morning. But that silly fry is still...

I have a 10gal fully cycled tank with 4 female guppies (and one lucky darn fry), and 5 ghost shrimp. 0 amm, 0 nitrite, 5 nitrate, temp is about 78F. I am starting to see algae growth on the substrate and some of the plastic plants. My cleaning is not getting it all out. Does anyone have...

I just finished cycling a tank with two guppies (don't yell, I know better NOW.) Currently there are 2 F guppies and 4 ghost shrimp in a 10 gal tank. PH 7.6, Amm 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 5.0. One guppy is at least double the size of the other one, and frankly she is a downright bully. She...

I am cycling a new 20 gal tank (fishless), I started this process on Feb. 4th. Paramaters are Amm 2.0, Nitrite 2.0 and Nitrate 5.0, PH 7.6 and temp is 80 F. It has LED lighting and is planted with a java fern and a banana plant. I haven't added any ammonia in days because my levels are over...

I am cycling two tanks(10g and 1.5g) with fish (no lectures please, I am a noob and also stated a cycling on a 20gal fishless. The parameters on the tanks cycling with fish are PH 7.6, Amm 0, Nitrate 20, and Nitrite ~2.0 (having a hard time telling the purples apart). I am doing a 50% PWC on...

I am starting a new 20 gal tall; my plans for fish are: 7 glofish, 4 panda cory, 2 honey gourami, and 5 gold tetra (or white cloud minnow, haven't decided). First is this number of fish okay for this tank? I think everyone should get along. Second, while the cycling is finished I want to...

I just started a fishless cycle with 20g tank. Not much in it so far UGF, and a HOB 150 Bio Wheel. My ammonia is a 2.0 and temp is at 80. But now I am doing some research (better late than never??) and I am seeing that an UGF is unnecessary and could even even be harmful in the long run. It...

I have a 1.5g unheated and a 10g heated tank, a betta in the 1.5 and two female guppies in the 10g. Paramaters in water are idential and not done cycling ammonia 0, ph 7.6, nitrite 2.0, nitrate 40. I got ick in the 20g so raised temp and added salt, almost a week ago. I just realized I need...

I just purchased a Marineland 20 gallon kit with LED lighting (with really cool blue 'night light'), a 100w heater and a 150 penguin bio wheel. What I also added an UGF to it. Upon setting it up I realized I am missing one thing, a pump. Any recommendations for a pump or will 'any ole' one do?

I have a 10g with 4 cherry barbs and 2 female guppy. I just noticed one of the guppies has white spots and is lethargic. I ran to the local pet store and got sme API ich treatment (it was all they had). I dosed appropriately, removed the filter, turned off the under gravel filter and am...

I am cycling two tanks (10 gal and a 2.5), readings in both are pH 7.6, Ammonia 0, Nitrite 2.0 and Nitrate 20. I am doing PWC every other day. I am on well water so I don't worry about chlorene and chemicals in my water, should I be adding water conditioner during the PWC? Yes I know I...

I have a beta in a 1.5gal crushed rock sub, Ammonia .25, PH 7.5, Nitriete 1.0, nitrate 4.0. I would like to add a bottom cleaner to the tank with him. It looks like my ammonia and everything is ok to add something else, any suggestions? Maybe a small cory?

I jokingly told someone that I was going to get a fish tank for my cats for christmas, kitty TV! So, someone gave me a 1.5g tank with two black moors and a common pleco. They looked awful cramped in that little tank! We lost one of the black moors the first night, the pleco about a week...